Under the death order, the Rus soldiers rushed in batches, and after injuring nearly 10,000 soldiers, they rushed to the front of the Houcheng Road Army, and the two sides began hand-to-hand combat.

Seeing that the vanguard army rushed forward and also fought with the infantry of the Celestial Empire, Ye Senin was overjoyed, and immediately led the Chinese army to follow, he wanted to take advantage of the situation to break the defense line of the Celestial Empire army in one fell swoop.

Yesening thought well, but not long after he rushed out with the Chinese army, he was blocked by the army of Lu Bu's iron cavalry coming out from the side, and what was even worse was that his rear army was also attacked by Wen Chou's iron cavalry.

There are countless military rations in the rear army, and those are the rations of the army for the winter, which must not be lost, so when facing Lu Bu's entanglement, Ye Sening chose to give up as soon as possible, but began to return to the rear army with the army, and he had to keep the military rations.

As soon as Yesenin retreated, Lu Bu did not lead his troops to chase after him, but turned around and rushed behind the vanguard army of the Rus army.

The 100,000 vanguard army is entangled with Hou Cheng's infantry army, a state of equal strength, it is conceivable that once General Yesenin arrives with the Chinese army, presumably the victory will belong to them. It's just that in anticipation, they didn't wait for their own army, but the iron cavalry of the Celestial Empire entered from behind.

The change of the situation was completely unexpected by the Rus' vanguard army, and when they wanted to divide their troops to defend the rear, General Hou Cheng really didn't give them any chance, and blindly entangled, so that they were incapable of separating, so that Lu Bu easily came to their rear with iron horses, and the Rus' vanguard army fell into the danger of attacking from both sides.

Originally, there were only 100,000 people, and they were not superior in terms of troops, but they were attacked from both sides, and one of them was an iron cavalry led by Lu Bu, so you can imagine what the result will be. Even the vanguard army did not even have a chance to shrink the defensive line, and was besieged and killed.

The 100,000 Rus' vanguard army only lasted a little more than eight hours before it was completely encircled, of which 40,000 were killed and 60,000 were captured.

The loss of 100,000 vanguard troops made Ye Senin sad. Although he saved the rear army in time, or when he returned, Wen Chou had already left with the iron horse, obviously they had no intention of fighting each other at all.

When Ye Sening returned to the division in a hurry, he saved the rear army, but the vanguard army was indeed all buried, looking at this result, he had an extremely bad premonition, that is, he was in the army of the Celestial Empire, I am afraid that this time it will be more auspicious.

In just the first battle, he lost one-fifth of his troops, and Yesenin was so anxious that he had to send someone to ask Prince Anatoly for help. He wrote in his letter that in any case, Ivan was also the younger brother of the eldest prince, and the Rus dispute was a royal dispute, and outsiders could not be allowed to pick up the bargain.

After sending a letter to Anatoly, Yesenin sent his cronies to the city of Great Rus' to find the national teacher Feradimir, who knew that he was wandering around the capital in search of someone who could support Prince Ivan, and that he was very clever enough to think of a solution.

After doing this, Yesenin decided to wait, he already knew from the mouth of the scout that the palace was only surrounded, not breached, which proved that Prince Ivan was still alive. And the Celestial Empire's army besieged but did not attack, it seemed that he was waiting for his arrival, even so, of course he couldn't do anything about it, on the contrary, what he needed to do was to wait for reinforcements, and then join forces to attack in one place, not giving the Celestial Empire a chance to attack him.

Ye Senin is also a veteran of leading troops, after making this decision, he immediately called his generals and assigned them defensive tasks, especially the construction of many horse-resisting piles on the periphery of the camp, which restricted the power of the Celestial Empire's iron cavalry to the maximum.

After the 100,000 vanguard army was wiped out, the Rus army suddenly stopped attacking and changed to defense, which was like a turtle retracted into its shell, giving Lu Bu and Wen Chou and others the feeling that they had no way to start.

Unable to find a suitable opportunity to attack, the two generals only had to report to Emperor Zhang Chao as long as they had good things. In this regard, Zhang Chao just smiled and said: "Even if they don't think the number of people they send is enough, then we will give them a chance." The order goes down, everyone is on standby, and I take this opportunity to take a good rest. ”

Zhang Chao was not in a hurry, it was because he had already seen Ye Sening's intentions, and this person clearly knew that his strength was not good, so he turned to transfer troops. And even if it is a siege point to send reinforcements, of course, there is no need to be afraid of the arrival of the other party's reinforcements, Zhang Chao is not in a hurry, but calmly brakes, waiting for the arrival of more reinforcements from the Rus country.

Because both sides seemed to be waiting for something, this quieted down the originally noisy battlefield, even outside Ivan's palace, the Celestial Empire army did not launch any attacks, as if everyone had discussed it, and all of them stopped all kinds of attacks.

Great Ross City.

The news of the death of Mikhail and General Pudding, the siege of Pahan, the siege of Prince Ivan, and the heavy defeat of Yesenin's reinforcements have been reported. For this matter, the eldest prince Anatoly is in a dilemma.

From the bottom of his heart, Anatoly certainly didn't want to save his brother, who was not angry, because if Ivan hadn't led the rebellion, he would have already taken the position of king of Rus', and Rus' was still the most powerful country.

But Anatoly also knew that Ivan was not only his brother, but also a member of the royal family. He can kill his younger brother, but he really can't let others do this, otherwise, it will inevitably be said that he has no bearing as a brother, so that even if he ascends the throne, I am afraid that it will be difficult to win people's hearts for his own use.

When Anatoly was at a loss for what to do, the guards came to report that the national teacher Feladimir had arrived.

"Please." Hearing that it was the national teacher who came, Anatoly naturally knew his intentions, but he really wanted to hear this person's analysis.

Feradimir was invited in, and as soon as he entered the palace, he bowed to the Anatolian prince very respectfully, and bent his originally straight body down a lot, looking very reverent.

In the past, there has never been before. Although he also said that His Highness Anatoly was in his mouth, it was just out of courtesy. In fact, he has always been a staunch supporter of Prince Ivan, and everyone knows this after the death of Emperor Axiongfu.

Seeing that Axiong Fuqiang lowered his head like this, and was still so pious, Anatoly had a feeling of flattery, and hurriedly got up and said: "The national teacher doesn't have to be like this, when my father was still alive in the past, he relied on you very much, and His Royal Highness also respected you very much, you don't have to be like this kind of etiquette at all." ”

Anatoly made a picture of Corporal Lixian, which seemed to move Feradimir very much, only to see him slowly raise his head, and then his eyes were red, as if he was about to shed tears: "I am really touched by the importance of His Highness to myself, if possible, I am willing to serve His Highness." ”

Hearing this, Anatoly was overjoyed, these words were tantamount to surrendering, the reason why the imperial brother Ivan was able to fight against him for so long can be said to be entirely because he had received the help of Feladimir, and now that this person intends to help him, then his ascension to the throne is almost a certainty. "The national teacher is serious."

"Of course it's true, it's just that the minister still has a request, I hope His Highness can agree." Feradimir said it in a serious manner, without the slightest intention of joking.

In fact, Feradimir is here to surrender sincerely. It's just that it's not because he's optimistic about Anatoly, it's because there's no one to choose from.

The prince of Ivan, who was originally supported, is now surrounded in the palace, which is obviously more than lucky, and in addition to the loss of Pahan City, the Yesenin army has been severely damaged, and the current strength of Prince Ivan can be said to have shrunk to the extreme.

With such strength, he is far from being able to compete with Anatoly for anything. Even if so, what use could he have to assist?

The so-called knowledge of time and things is handsome, not to mention that Ferakimir is a smart person, of course he knows how to choose. So here he came.

And there was an even more important reason for Feradimir to come, and that was Natasha's request.

The reason why Feradimir went to support Prince Ivan and gave up the Anatoly who could have inherited orthodoxy was precisely because of this woman. It can be said that Feradimir was wise in his life, and it can be said that he was a wise one, even when Yaxiong Fuqiang was in power, he was still the one who was under one person and above ten thousand people, which can be seen.

But I don't know why, Feradimir is just obsessed with the beautiful princess Natasha, and can't extricate himself from it.

When the powerful emperor of Yaxiongfu was still alive, even if he had such thoughts, Fera Dimir just thought about it, and did not dare to do anything, because the king's tiger power would never be violated in any way.

The problem is that Axiong is dead, so he gives Feladimir a chance. Natasha seemed to know his thoughts for a long time, and after the death of Axiong Fuqiang, she took the initiative to come to the door, saying that she was willing to do it for his woman, but only one thing, that is, to help her son Prince Ivan ascend to the throne.

For the request of the woman he liked the most, Feradimir could not refuse, so he agreed against his will. Abandoned the orthodox Anatoly prince.

Although Feradimir did try, Ivan was not angry, or unlucky, and finally failed. At this time, Natasha spoke again, she gave up the idea of her son becoming king, but she really hoped that Ivan could live, and this burden naturally fell on Feradimir, so he came again and came to Anatoly, in order to persuade the other party to send troops to save his younger brother Ivan, the second prince.